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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Lanarkshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
14,022 approved · 550 refused · 850 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
Garden Ground The Beeches 2 Boghall Road Biggar ML12 6JJ
Received 28 Apr 20211 Sidehead Road Stonehouse ML9 3EX
Received 21 Apr 20211 Glen Shee East Kilbride G74 2JH
Received 28 Apr 2021Eastgate Access From Perryflats To Cloburn Farm Carmichael Biggar ML12 6PL
Received 28 Apr 2021Cuningar Woodland Park Downiebrae Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 28 Apr 20217 Inchmurrin Place Rutherglen G73 5RS
Received 28 Apr 20218 Glenlyon Place Rutherglen G73 5PL
Received 28 Apr 202111 Annan Avenue East Kilbride G75 8XP
Received 28 Apr 202129 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang G72 8BT
Received 29 Apr 202142 Dryburgh Avenue Rutherglen G73 3EU
Received 29 Apr 2021Land 235M WNW Of East Kilbride 275kV Grid Substation Cairnmuir Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 21 Apr 202114 Ingalls Court East Kilbride G75 9FJ
Received 29 Apr 2021Woodlands Camp Road Symington Biggar ML12 6LF
Received 29 Apr 202147 Marshall Street Larkhall ML9 2HD
Received 29 Apr 2021Land Adjacent To 1 Hiltonbank Street Hamilton
Received 30 Apr 2021Douglas Cemetery Land 62M WNW Of 1 Flush Cottage Ayr Road Douglas Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 30 Apr 20213 Clydemill Place Clydemill Business Park Cambuslang G72 7ZT
Received 30 Apr 2021Land Between 8 And 12 Pettinain Road Pettinain Road Carstairs Junction Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 30 Apr 20215 Shepherds Way Cambuslang G72 6WS
Received 30 Apr 20213 Plough Drive Cambuslang G72 6WT
Received 30 Apr 2021Garden Ground Rowhead Farm Rowhead Terrace Biggar ML12 6DU
Received 30 Apr 20215 Sweethope Gardens Bothwell Glasgow South Lanarkshire G71 8BT
Received 30 Apr 202123 Cedar Drive East Kilbride G75 9HS
Received 30 Apr 202129 Berwick Drive Rutherglen G73 3NB
Received 3 May 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South Lanarkshire, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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